The Purple and White Tattler at Elgin High
Elgin High School student editors present the Purple and White Tattler with features by Harvey Gilbertson and Anna Schupbach. Includes notes on silence vs tact, drama classes, a junior class play Good Night Ladies, and upcoming senior activities and party at Postville bowling.
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Purple and White Tattler
Elgin High
Helen Raleigh
Grayson
Betty Strauc
Jane Raleigh
Betty Sehori
Sam Raleigh
State
Otis Torkelson
Jug” Brown
Jane
Junior Gehring
Dexter
William Moore
Dean Eggleby
Virley Bailey
Angela Rimine
Thelma Landsgard
Larry Dobson
Reuben Christen
Lulu Giffen
Alice Becker
Judy West
Maxine Lehma
George West
Verne Frieden
Betty Loudon
Anna Mae Schupbach
Verna Groth
Betty Ann Schneider
Releigh
Grayson College
School News Through The Week From Our Classes
Primary and first grade visited the fire department after studying fire prevention and made paper vegetable men for the bulletin board. Second and third grades made spelling clown dots and neckwear keys for health chores while reading Cha ki shi. Fourth and fifth grades craft leaf booklets and pioneer posters with reports on good health. Sixth and seventh grades finished Africa unit and began geography notebooks, using Quests and Prose and Poetry, with bright butterfly decorations and a new reading chart the American Flag.
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Miss Dunkle
Des Moines
Halla Rhode
Bessie Coon
Lloyd Capper
Donna Dean
Betty Larson
Mavis Miller
Marlene Mosby
Willem Pfister
Clarence Ruckdaschel
Darlene Schneider
Barbara Crider
Lavern Dennler
Marilyn
Karolyn Falk
Helen Wenger
Verle Benson
Africa
Home Economics Club Meets with Personality Habit Program
The Home Economics Club met on Wednesday October 8. The program committee presented a plan based on personality and habits. Betty Schori revised the constitution and read it. Roll call yielded a point system for essential traits: Dalmaceo I for funding dress, A for adaptability, L for loyalty, M for mannerism, A for appearance, C for courtesy, E for etiquette, and for optimism.
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Home Economics Club
Betty Schori
Dalmaceo
Health Examinations Begin For High School Students
Dr. H. H. Wolf completed examinations of all grades and started testing high school pupils on Monday. Fragments note personalities Harvey, Bill Moore, Ramona, Hazel Gilbertson, and Lois Miller in a casual school context.
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H. H. Wolf
Harvey
Bill Moore
Ramona
Hazel Gilbertson
Lois Miller
Matt
Jeff
Elgin Football Falls to Tripoli in Wet, Slow Game
Friday, Oct. 10 saw Elgin’s return to football after a long layoff and a defeat by Tripoli. Waters from Tripoli dominated with rushing and key passes as Elgin trailed 19 0 at halftime, with Barker and Boleyn scoring late. Next week they host Wadena, unsure of using the new field.
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Elgin
Tripoli
Barker
Boleyn
Wenger
Wadena
Schori
Family gathering honors Willis Ash at Will Ash home
Mr. and Mrs. Justin Herwig attended a family gathering at the Will Ash home near Fayette to honor Willis Ash home from the Great Lakes. About fifty attendees shared a noon pot-luck picnic. Mrs. Lily Livingston learned of her brother J. B. Herriman's death in New York City. his school days were in Wa-...
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Justin Herwig
Will Ash
Fayette
Willis Ash
Great Lakes
Lily Livingston
J. B. Herriman
New York City
Social Roundup of Visits and Births in Cedar Rapids Area
Local families hosted guests from Mason City Randalia Oelwein and West Union over the weekend. Birth announced for John Tripp’s daughter born Saturday October 11. Corporal John Wood visited from Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. People from Cheyenne Wyoming and Camp Claiborne Louisiana mentioned in visiting notes.
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Ruth Gatenbien
Fayette
Jim Thomas
Pearl Foster
Randalia
Walter Crandall
Clarence Kemp
Mason City
Luther Crandall
John Tripp
Razed Tavern Panel Saved as Souvenir
John Wiedner of Waukon will tear down the old Parrel Tavern on the riverbank once serving steamboats to Harpers Ferry. Salvage will fund a tourist cabin, and a shamrock-shaped panel dated 1858 cut by Thomas Parrel will be kept as a memento of the tavern’s early years.
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John Wiedner
Waukon
Parrel
Harpers Ferry
Wiedner
Thomas Parrel
Air Raid Precaution Glass Paint Hits London Stores
Transparent coating marketed for air raid precautions promised to resist window shattering at London retailers. experts caution on practical effectiveness while buyers seek extra protection for homes and businesses amid wartime anxieties.
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London
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Betty Alice
U. S. UV
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Betty Strauch
Wadena News
National Defense
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Lamont
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Ralph Shaffer
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Alfred Johnson
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Frank Welch
Wilder Mattocks
Corporal John Wood
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J Allen
West Union
Fay
Cher ‘Tyijan
Prudence Net
Cheyanne
Wyo
Nem
A. G. Herrling
Nellie Whittenbaugh
Oelwein
Will Whittenbaugh
Elwin Gilbert
Hudson, Mich
Maggie Whittenbaugh
Roy Heyer
Charles Heyer
Marjorie Herwig
Ray Herwig
A. D. Finch
Clement Messerli, Jr
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Clem Meyserli
J. R. Wood
John
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